Maximinus Thrax, the giant

Long ago I wrote a web page on the portrait styles on denarii of Maximinus I, Thrax (AD 235-238).

http://esty.ancients.info/Maximinus/Maximinus.html

Of course, those same styles are on other denominations too. I had not included any, but now I have added a small sample of sestertii and even a provincial coin:


A large 34 mm "sestertius" struck at Ninica-Claudiopolis in Cilicia.
Maximinus / Maximus
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG / C IVL MAX MAXIMVS C C NI CLVA
The obverse has a star countermark on the neck and the reverse has a Victory countermark struck three times.
L&K 1561 and A1561A. SNG Levante 620 variety. Howgego countermarks 451/262.
Sear GI --, Lindgren III --, Weber --, SNG Copenhagen --, von Aulock --.

The additions begin after the denarii, about 2/3 the way down the page.

 

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Wow, thanks Warren. I was watching the progression of the jaw-line and the CHIN. I knew it was big, but a couple of the coins show his chin as HUGE! Curious what he looked in real life, without the distortions of a carving celator's interpretation...

 

Warren, thanks for the web page link ...

Ummm, I couldn't help but notice your sweet countermarks ... my Severus Alexander/Julia Maesa has both of the same cool countermarks (pretty neat, eh?)

=> Victory "and" the star-thingy

... both of our coins were kickin' around 222-236 AD (I love your OP-example)




Cilicia Ninica-Claudiopolis AE37 (w c/m)


Small world ... ummm, please contact me if you ever want to sell that puppy

(thanks)

 

Also of Ninica Claudiopolis, my AE31 Maximinus always struck me as unusual for the obverse legend continued on an inner arc at lower right. You would think a coin that big could fit it all in a normal manner.

 

stunning and soooooooo .....

 

Very nice coin, Warren! Here's another large provincial of Maximinus from Cilicia... the oversized flan is a full 38mm, several mm larger than the design required.


MAXIMINUS THRAX
AE Hexassarion. 20.44g, 38mm. CILICIA Anazarbus, circa AD 235-238. Ziegler 663 (Vs2/Rs4), SNG Levante 1480 (same obv. die). O: AY K G IOY OYH MAZIMEINOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: ANAZ END MHTRO B/G, female figure (Synthysia), holding bipennis over shoulder, standing left before bull standing left, CYNQYCIA OI/KOYMENHC, (ME and NH ligate).

 

Here's one with features that really suggest acromegaly:



And this celator apparently wanted to make his dead wife look like him:

 

LOL, omg, you are right... I had to look at mine too...
OR, maybe they were a match made in heaven! Both blessed with a big chin!

 

Very cool. Thanks for the link.

Just recently got this one.

 

Great etsy link, like your sestertius with the 4 countermarks, thanks Valentinian !